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W A Y A L W A Y S O P E N MOTHER SITES UP LIFE. BUT CHILDREN P E R I S H

O N E C a n a d a ' s Day of T h a n k s a Month Ear-

lier Than in the Uni ted S ta t ea .

MAN'S S O M E W H A T GREW-SOME VIEW OF LJFE.

better known to t h e Canadians themse lves than to the people on this aide of the line, our

cousins celebrated their Thanksgiv ing a month or more earlier than we do. It m a y be that the Cana-dian turkey bad become impatient, and sounded a nose of warr ing , or It may be that the Trea t o n the pumpkin" de-CiSfM! *•»!# !»«?* w t M ' W the r o a w n the ir Thanksgiving day ia p u t It may have been that the reasons for giving thanks so much earl ier than w e do w e r e pushing t h e m s e l v e s so hard and bo fast that the Canadians were j a s h a m e d to postpone the event . They ; h a v e b i d reasons, snd good ones. too. j lor giving thanks. Their great broad arena of prairie land have yielded In j abundance, and bere. by the way. It is i r o t uninteresting t o the friends of the millions of Americans wbc bare m a d e their home In Canada during the p a s t few y^ars t o know that tbey have j.artlc ipatea most generously in the J • cutt ing of the melon." Probably the j w e s t e r n portion of Canada, comprising the provinces of Manitoba. Saskatche-w a n aad Alberta, have the greatest reason of any of U»e provinces to e s pres s in the most enthus iast ic manner the ir gratitude. T b e re«olta In the l ine of production g ive ample reason for devout thanksgiv ing to Providence. Th i s year bas surpassed all others In s o far as tbe total Increase in the coun-tryw wealth Is concerned Tf - re is no quest ion that Providence was espe-c ial ly generous. The weather condi-t ions were perfect , and during the . ripening and harvest ing period, there , waa nothing to Interfere. And now It « u well it was so. for with a demand for 1*bor that could not be supplied, t b e r e was tbe greatest danger, but with suitable weather the garnering of t h e grain has been success fu l ly accom-plished. There have been low gen-eral averages, but these are account-e d for by the fact that ft. rmerr. were indifferent, relying al together upon what a good soil would ( x Tbere wil l be no more low averages though, for this year haa shown what good, careful farming will do. It will pro-duce^btt million bushe l s of wbeat from

en million acres , and It will

B y W . C A R E Y W O N D E B X Y of Deadly Po ison (n Hia P o c k e t ,

t h e W o r l d Took Om a Rosy Hue .

rave Woman and Little Son Fight im Vain—Five Cremated

A l i v e .

<Copyri«fa<. by W <i. Chapman ;

"Sorely, y o u know how I love you." _ the Casino. A t noon." And s h e had be persisted. "Why. my every thought gone before Cteely had another chance and act iou ts r* you!" t® approach the subjec t .

The woman at the piano su\juia her i V» nen on Thursday morning. Mob-pretty brown head. WhUs her back j erta Rabins e n t e r e d Mrs. Fairfax's waa toward him. someth ing told ber drawing room, gay with Ita many daf-he waa poeing. Somehow Valeska fodlls. and s c e n t e d wi th the breath of was forever poeing; hla e v e r y move- j Parma violets . Cice ly knew by the

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steely glitter of her friend's e y e s that there was goin^ t o be a scone.

"Or all the id io ts :" cried Miw Rcb-i ina. shaking a foref inger at *he pretty

widow smil ing up a t her from among | the cushions. "You will end your ! ycur days in a m a d house. Cicely Falr-j fax. W h a t d id y o u d o y e s t e r d a y

there, 'pon

"You played golf aU morning, for bourB and hours and ho*irs you golfed I was nearly Insane!"

dure s spieauia .or oi oats, j i n o m * aBvwiere from 50 to 10« bushels per acre. This on land tbat has cost but from 110 to $15 per acre—many farm «-rs have realized sufficient from this ye art crop to pay the ent ire cost of tbeir farms. The Toronto Globe says :

Tbe whole population of the Wert rejoices In the bounty of Providence, and sends out a m e s s a g e or gratitude sud sppreclatlon of the favors which

t been bes towed on tbe country, cheerfulness which has abounded

Industry during Hie past six jnths has not obl i terated lh<* c o n c e p

the source from which the have flown, and the good

Is combined with a spirit of thankfulness for the privi lege of living In so fruitful a land. The misfortunes 2* the past are practical ly forgotten,

^ r a a u s e there la great cause to eon-" ;l*te r-lth sat is fact ion the cor.i

of the present . Thanksgiving juld be a s e a s o n of unusual en-

thusiasm."

. — * u p & v c k .

• M a t was studied and artificial, and— she was tired of foreigners. In three months one may e v e n grow tired of Rome. On the spur of tbe moment - h e decided to g o home—back to America —and at onc> .

"Cicely*" The man's vo ice was a caress. -Cicely, i iove y o u "

"Please don't.' She put up a hand i morn ing a t t h e Cas ino" between tbem. " W o n t you understand J "Why—Valeska w a s that It cannot be? Much as it pains , honor. Bobbie." us both. I must tell y*?« ffe-t I * u m o t . marry you. Why go over i t all again?"

He r e f e a t e d to the far end of the room, and sat down, quiet and abashed, like a chidden child. Cicely could scarcely repress a smi le . Val-eska was s o ridiculously funny when ue fell Into one of hia naughty-boy poses

"Oh. you will get over it. mon ami." she laughed. "Come, he lp me g e t the tea things r e a d y ! My f r i e n d s will be upon me directly l ike a pack of hungry wolves "

Valeska helped her arrange the table and make the l ittlo thin s l ices of bread and butter Into pyramidal piles, but when the Leo X urn was purring like a happy cat . ne reached for his stick and gloves .

"Not going?" cried Mrs. Fairfax. "Yes." "Au revolr." she laughed. And the

next moment he was gone . Cicely glanced around t h e room.

taking in every detail . Ib» artist ic Ut-ter pleased a m . C O o c v c r bear to see things Just right.

"Now for Ned." s h e smi led , arrang-ing a few violets In her gown. "Rut

pro- I of course be will not come," she iwuicii .

A few minutes Ister Miss Robins en-tered the apartment. Roberta Robins

man should have a bobby." said tbe fat man. "Now. mine's sui

I cide." T b e thin m a n n c s r ' j •><u>u<*ed U s

; c igarette. - S u i c i d e ? YouT WeB. of all the

freaks I ever heard o f ' " "Certainly." continued the fat c o e .

: placidly, a s be munched h i s chicken i croquette. "That is what mnkes me j ! so happy and take so cheerful a view . j ot life. You have no idea what a

comfort It i s to me. 1 used to be thin. ; you know, l ike you. and could never t

! eat chickc-n croquettcs or souerkraut j and frankfurters—they gave me * , +

. fearful indigest ion. That was because j j I waa a l w a y s worrying about some- j

! thing. T h e n all of a suddsn. this idea j i occurred to me about su'ride. I d e ;

elded t o commit it. I forget now whether it was a business trouble or j

i a girl—I think It was a girl . I asked I

Pittsburg. Pa.—While vainly batt l ing t o s a v e the l ives of her children w h o j w e r e s leeping in upstairs rooms. Mrs. } F r a n c e s A. Mar low aged 17, and four j . . . . . chi ldren were burned to death ifi a p Q f B e n e f i t O l W O O i e O W D O Arc BMiajfriiaty destroyed f r n m p p m f l l e I l l s h o m e near Sandy Creek. Penn town- o U I l e r I r O I l l r L l u a i .

ship. T h e children who lost their ! Minneapolis, M i n n . — " I w a s a great l i ves are: Clyde Marlow. aged 12; Isa I g ^ e r e r from f e m a l e t r o u b l e s w h i c h Mario* , aged Ave; Will iam Marlow. \ Jr., aged three, and Glenn Marlow. aged s ix months. Lisle Marlow. aged j 11. the anly other member of the fam-ily a l home at the time of the fire. had a narrow escape from death.

T h e husband and father, Wi l l iam ' Marlow. i s in Butler county on a j

"But the temptat ion was too groat. ! a medical s tudent friend of mine snd besides , the golf l inks are tbe • what was the sur;?st and neatest way unest ia Italy. Oh. Bobbie, you should - e e Vat-ska play—"

"Never mind tha t long-haired mon-key. What about the breakfast on tbe south balcony

We break-

Casino!"

t o crcak and he said "cyanide of po- ; taaslum." I a» v ed him would he g ive me a llLtle hunk and he promised to | s teal it out of the laboratory first chance he got.

"But the chef at the Casino is not | - N o w . you may not be l ieve tt. but Just a s scon as I had that piece of white crystal in my pocket, I began to be a different man. Instead of j taking it that night, a s I bad intend-ed to. I Just wrapped It up In a piece of t i ssue paper and put It in my pock- ;

et to use next day. 1 wrote a parting letter to the girl—yes, I'm sure r o w : It was f* g ir l - -and decided to have one good night's rest, anyway. Well, the next morning It was a beautiful, sunshiny day and everything looked

, . . . kind of different. My mood had - a t tbe Casino," interrupted Miss c h a n g e d a n d , t o wait a little

Robins, "and whi l e you and Valeska , w h J | c a n d 9 e e l f a n y t h i n g c a m p 0 f the foliin* Into Gibson Doses on the , v m h i n e at all hannened and

links. I was holding a lion at bay In j t b e n , f m m d , d f o r g o t t e n to mail It. breakfast room No. 5 at the Casino, j BO , , e { < t R O x h l n g ( l k i n ( 1 o t straight-

equal to the l inks. Bobbie. fasted at Maurice's."

"And golfed at tbe snapped Roberta.

Mrs. Fairfax a f fec ted a childlike air. "I fail to see w h y 1 am to be d r t » n and quartered s imply because I pre-fer the chef a t Maurice's to the chef at the Casino."

"But I sa id—" "You said 1 w a s to ayk Valeska to

breakfast—™

r — 2 * 3 i r ? 5 i g r

T He—Darling! I swear by this great

tree, whose spreading branches shade us from the heat , by this noble tree I swear I have never loved before.

She—You alvyays say such appropri-a t e things, p ick . This is a chestnut t ree !

A NURSE'o EXPERIENCE.

Backache, Palna in tho Kidneys, Bloat* Ing, Etc., Overcome.

A nurse l s expec ted t o know what t o do for common ai lments , and wom-

en who suffer back-ache, constant lan-guor, and other com-mon symptoms of

A Suppressed Laugh Came from the Dircctisr. of the Music Rccrr..

was a painter ol miniatures , young, good looking, successful .

"What's up?" she asked, s e e i n g Mrs. Fairfax sected alone in s ta te .

"Oh. Valeska again. H e proposes a s regularly as the sun sets . I am going back to America just to escape him."

"Pretty wldo* s with g e n e r o u s In-c o m e s do not grow on bushes." re-marked her friend, dryly. "You must try s o m e other plan than go ing back to America. Why ™ t marry Ned Ran-dolph ?"

"Ned Randolph has long a g o for-gotten a pretty widow with more money than brains."

"What rubbish!" Miss Robins helped herself to a s l ice of bread and butter. "Of course you will marry Randolph, Cicely. H e Is awful ly fond of you."

Mrs. Fairfax shook her head. "1 tell you is is no use. Bobble. H e has long ago becomr d isgusted with this frightfully frivolous widow."

"I'll wager anything that you marry him before June." cried Roberta "Now, you know. Cicely, you are fonJ

And you can't deny that be k i d n e y complaint. should be grateful to °* N e d -Mrs. Minnie Turner, ' o l l o w e ^ - v o u a " t h e w a * «r°ni New of E. B. St., Ana- York to Rome. Now. my dear girl. I darko Okla* for 1 h a v e greatest idea—a aure way to

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pointing out the way to find quick rel ief . Mrs. Turner used Doan's Kidney Pi l ls for a run-down con-dition. backache, pains in tbe s ides and kidneys, bloated l imbs, etc . "The w a y tbey have built m e up is s imply mar-velous." say* Mrs. Turner, who i s a aurse. "My heal th Improved rapidly. F i v e boxes did s o much for me I am te' l ing everybody about it."

Remember the name—Doan's. Sold by all dealers. 50 cen t s a box. Foster-

.Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.

Gwcd Place for Camels. Gov. Glasscock of Wes t Virginia.

>*rhile traveling through Arizona, nc-iticed the dry, dusty appearance of tha •country.

"Doesn't it ever rain around here?" iae asked one of tbe natives.

"Rain?" the nat ive spat. "Rain? Why . say. pardner, there's bullfrogs tn tbis yere town over l ive years old thai hain't learned t o s w i m yet."— Everybody's Magaxine.

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a s t b e y a r e s a i d t o b e ?

A U m o a y V J c t l m - ^ * W 9 tiltf » " j t a N a - t o i r . P o a t f o r g e t .

patch up everything be tween you and Ned Randolph. You know you have treated Ned shabbily, dear girl."

"Well, we'll let It go at that." sighed Mrs. Fairfax, pouring the tea.

"You must ask Valeska to breakfast at the Casino Wednesday morning—" began Robcr*.?..

"Ard give him another chance to propose? Thank you, but 1 much pre-fer not. Bobble."

"And lose Ned forever?" Mrs. Fairfax played with the tea

cups. "Certainly, a breakfast with Valeska does not sound Inviting." she confessed.

"But Ned Randolph." cried Miss Robins , dangling the prize before ber fr iend's eyes .

"Oh. well, go on. ask Valeska to breakfas t Wednesday morning—what a e x t T*

"At the Casino?" "Tee. yea."

You will breakfast on the bal-cony overlooking tbe new golf l inks —tha south balcony, you know. Of course y«u will be particularly fascin-ating. coquettish, laughing, you know what 1 mean, aod you must make Val-eska ask the eternal question—"

"And he'll g e t the eternal answer. I promise yoa."

"Exac t ly . You will tel l blm the plain truth—that you l o r e another— name ly , Ned Randolph . You will give

It was all I could do to restrain h im!" Miss Robin's e y ? s flashed.

I>ui i u u i f r a k . ' d s i w n u «v i* . a.

Fairfax shook her head. "Roberta Robins—"

"Tbe lion *raa Ned Randolph," snapped the art ist , Jumpicg up and going to tbe balcony.

A shuffling no i se c a m e frnm the music room.

"You. breakfasted — with — N e d -Randolph. B o b b l e ? ' The widow bur-ied her face In the cushions. "Wasn't that a s trange w a y to show your friend-ship V

"Oh. you haven't a grain of sense . C!cely Fairfax! I had it all arranged nicely. You and Valeska were to breakfast on the south balcony, Ned and I in room No. 5. directly in back of you. And Valeska was to propose, and you were t o tel l him about how you adored Ned. and Ned was to jump through the window and clasp you In hie manly arms, anil—and—instead you played g o l f !

"But 1 didn't «cnow —" apologized Cicely.

"To-morrow w e must repeat tho per-formance. only , th is t ime vou break-fast a l the Casino."

"But 1 have a n engagement with the Prlnclpessa at n o o n lo-uiorrow—"

"It s all o n . i ii xeieiphoue her: And before Cice ly could restrain her, Roberta had dashed aside the curtains of the music room door.

Ned Randolph, s tanding behind them like a sil ly school-boy. had the grace to blush. But Cicely—Cicely burled her face In tbe pi l low and tazghed.

"Ned! C ice ly !" Mis Robins turned from one to the other. "You heard?" she demanded. Cashing.

"Everything. It was ugly of me. Bobbie." Randolph spoke up. "You will forgive m e ? "

"And you knew and played golf pur-posely. Cicely?"

"And Ned kept running to the win-dow," c a m e from the depths of the chair. "Scold him. too."

"I must plead guilty." laughed Ran-dolph. "You see , Bobble, we remem-bered how you played the same l i tt le trick with Marian Derrlng and young Ashby at N e w p o r t las ' summer." cried Cicely. "And I couldn't help having a little fun—"

"So you t w o were there! Oh. my. and I had forgotten. But it 'took' then. Marian married Ashby."

• And Cicely Is going to marry Ned." laughed Randolph. "She is tired of being a merry widow, aren't you. l ittle woman?"

"And you. Bobbie, what are you go-ing to do?" paid Cicely, as she made a bu'tonehole for the man's coat.

"Me?" Roberta Jumped up and straightened her hat. "Oh. i air going to finish my interrupted hon .-ymoon. Valeska and 4 " " ' r >-ame ap from Florence to help s t r a l g i t e j out a lit-tle affair of our friends. Really, we are tbe most uuse l f i sh creatures alive. You must c o m e and see us. We have a charming s tud io near the Lung "Arno. Bt»t I mus t run. Vally Is waiting for me at the Natlonale. Au revoir."

Improved Photographic Lens. One of the latest photographic

inventions is a l ens by means of which a complete v iew all around the ob-server can be taken at once. It i s known as a periscope lens, and en-

j sh ies the o b s e r v e r to see all around the horizon wi thout moving. Such a lens should prove useful on board ship. In s erop:anes and In all ca se s where a view all around is essent ial . The result Is at ta ined by means of a circular ring of g l a s s curved on the outer surface, and flat inside. By this the light from all s ides is reflected

ened t h e m s e l v e s out aud I was real giad I hadn't wasted the cyanide.

"I hadn't carried the thing around with me more than two w e e k s before I began t o g e t fat. You see . nothing bothered me. Whenever I felt real down and out all I had to do was make up my mind to swal low" the crystal and I'd take it out of my

Smoke

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caused a weakness and broken down c o n d i t i o n of the system. I read so much of what Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg-etable C o m p o u n d had done for other suffering women I felt sure i t would help me, and I musi say i t did help me

| wonderfully. M ; I pains all left me, I

r stronger. and within three months 1 was a perfectly well woman.

" I want this letter made public to show the benefit women may derive from Lydia E. Pinkham's vegetable

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Women "who suffer from those dis. Regard Cuticura Soap tressing ills peculiar to their sex should ? « not facts or doubt C l l t l C l H ^ ( J l l l l l l l C I l t the ability of Lydia f - Pinkham« , . heaitb?ble C o m p o a B d re8t°i<J ^ a s u n r i v a l e d f o r P r e s e r v -

hunting trip, and has not learned or the tragedy. The two oldest boys , j Frank and Clifford, went to work early in the morning, and shortly j af ter they had left the house a lamp exploded In tbe kitchen, where Mrs. Marlow and Clyde were eat ing break-

pocket and have a look at It and put fast . Seeing she could not ex t ingu i sh it back again till to-morrow. It was the open door to freedom—the escape. It made me independent of every-thing and everybody. It's really a marvel for chirking a fel low up."

The thin man laid down bis knife and fork.

"Well. I l l be Say ! Have you got it with you new?"

"Sure! I may use it to-night if Ihis deal with Skrubbs doesn't go through. Here It la." And he held out In his hand a nice little piece of washing soda. "My friend the medical stu-dent." he added hastl'y, replacing the crystal in his packet, "told rae to be awful ly careful and not show it to any one."

"I don't wonder." said t h e thin man without a smile . "It might cost him h'? reputation as a chemist ."

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t b e f lames. Mrs. Marlow told Clyde t o go to t h e room where I.lsle and and Wil l iam were sleeping and get them out of the house.

The boy succeeded In arousing Lis le , who made his escape . Clyde ther. took little William In his a r m s ' and w a s try ing to get down tbe s ta irs when he was overcome by the s m o k e nnd fell Mrs Marlow went t o the room occupied by isa and the baby, j Glenn, but she was also overcome by •he smoke and was unable to rescue | the children. The charred bodies of the mother and four children were ! found In the cellar after the house was burned to the ground.

Lisle , scarcely clad and dazed by , fright, ran to the house of a neighbor, j Wil l iam Stoner, who gave the alarm i Will iam Marlow. Sr.. grandfather of j the children, who l ives about a mile away, o r the Frankstown road, was a l so notified, and hurried to the home of his son. When neighbors arrived the flames had gained such headway that nothing could be done to s a v e the house or its contents .

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PILES cherished by the late Emperx,r N a p o | b u r g l a r l i k e s t h e b u l l d o g leon i l l . had erer reached fruition. there probably would n e v e r have been any at tempt to cut a canal across t h e Panama i s thmus .

,It w a s af ter Prussia had defeated France *hat Napoleon conceived the project of open ing a canal through the N 1 g u a n route. It s e e m s that the Idea first occurred to Napoleon whi le h e was a prisoner In the fortress of Ham. At that period he filled h i s t ime with s c h e m e s for great under-takings, and to a friendly navy offi-cer who vis i ted him in his cell he re-vealed h i s plan for a Nicaragua canal. On reaching England after his re lease he printed his plans, calcula-tions. and stirveys. together with a map. which eventual ly came into the possess ion of a Mr. Haynes of Man-ches ter s treet . Manchester square. Jerrold's "Life of Napoleon" makes brief re ference to this ambition of Na-poleon. and s a y s that political events put u s top to tbe enterprise.

Ro K s Woman's Home, Left Guarded by Animal, and Writes Note to

His Victim.

Rockford, ill.—"Your bulldog l s a soc iable fe l low; treat him nice; he and I struck up quite a fr iendship and I hated to leave him.

'•BURGLAR." T h a t note written on perfumed sta- I

t ionery taken from her writ ing desk, i the desk from which the burglar had ;

s to len her gold watch, was found by Mrs. William Johnson of 1224 South W e s t street, on her return h o m e from a shopping expedition. T h e dog bad been left to guard the bouse and w a s sleejflng on a rug

Invest igat ion revealed the lo s s of $200 worth of Jewelry and s i lverware . The thief entered through a rear win-dow, fed the dog and ransacked tbe house.

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At the Milliner's. An Ateh!»on woman who has a sin-

cere des ire to the economical , says the Kansas City Journal, took a blue feather, s o m e velvet , and a rose to a milliner, asking the mill iner to fur-nish the shape and trim It. The woman was proud of the feather, the velvet , and i h e rose, as th«y a s good as new. but the mil l iner cast Just one g lance at them, and then the wom-an began to apologize. "Apologies are not necessary." said the milliner Icily. "You surely don't expect me to use anything l ike that!" And tbe wom-an didn't. Another woman said tc her mill iner, bravely: "I want a hat that doesn't cost a cent over Ave dol-lars." "W-h-a-*.!" screamed the mil-liner. "I mean." stammered the worn an." "that doesn't cost over $15." "Oh, well, that's better." said the milliner'

Valeska to understaad that you have been merely using him aa a pastime "How are you gett ing along these —that nevtr for a moment were you , days?" serious, and that now you are only > "From my wi fe?" waiting for Ned to c o m e and take you i "From your wife—I don't thick 1 back to America. Hush, not another \ qnlie understand? I asked you how word! Here comea the prinelpeaaa yoa are ge t t ing along?" Martoal and ber American da ugh- "And I told you. She ia a lways anr

Wednesday . , eternally l o n y i n s for something."

Gigantic Sign Board. Arrangements are being made for

»*e celebration of the anniversary of the discovery of San Francisco bay In 1169 by Portola. and for the purpose of advert iaing this event there fcas r»een constructed on Yerba Buena ia

down the tube which carries the lona. ' land. San Francisco bay. what Is prob-The periscope l ens enables the photog- j ably tbe largest sign ever erected rapher to take a circular picture of j The s ign, which has been cut on the the view all around him. The n e w | s loping hllla of the Island, is 1.300 feet lens ia a Brit ish invention. long by 135 feet high. The words

— "Portola Fest ival , October 19-23." are Gett ing Along. arranged In two lines, each letter of

j which occupies a space 45 feet by the outline of the letters be-

Queen a Lover of Fiction. Q u e e n Margherlta of Italy has a j

w e a k n e s s for the books of Amer ican ; and English novelists . She has read , Engl ish and American magazines , and It Is her opinion tnat the American school of short story writers at prea- [ ent Is the best in the world. The [ queen g ives over several hours e v e r y | day to fiction. She reads e x t e n s i v e l y j In Italian, of course, but her espec ia l j fondness Is for books !n English. She 1 ta lks and writes English fluently, and j In all l iterature likes nothing «o much a* ta les of western American l i fe , ] whether of the m i n i n g c a m p or t h e ; ranch. She has read almost every th ing j that has been written about the cow- j boy. American and English books are sent to her by a London bookse l ler

i a s soon as published, and once she takes up a volume s h e finds it difficult '

' to part from It until she has turned ( tbe last page.

New Tax Proposed. Governments of the federated

s ta t e s of Germany are considering the introduction of a land tax of the "un-earned Increment." The meaaure ia expected to raise $5,000,900 annual ly . It i s held that such a tax would rest heavi ly on speculators and land-own-ers in cities, but l ightly on country i i l strict*, where values Increase very | s lowly If s t all.

W e a r W . L. D o u g l a s c o m f o r t -a b l e , e a s y w a l k i n g , c o m m o n a e n a e s h o e s . A trial will c o n v i n c e a n y o n e t h a t W. L. D o u g l a a a h o e a h o l d the i r a h a p e , f i t b e t t e r a n d w e a r l o n g e r t h a n o t h e r m a k e s .

T h e y a r e m a d e u p o n h o n o r , o f t h e b e s t l e a t h e r s , by t h e m o s t aki l led w o r k m e n . In al l t h e l a t e a t f a a h l o n s , s h o e s In e v e r y s t y l e a n d s h a p e t o a u l t m e n In al l w a l k s of l i f e .

CAUTION ! & * & £ = £ £ stamped ou bottom, which guarantees ful l value and protects t i e wearer against high prices 1

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45 feei IRK e ight feet In width. The work u a s done by digging trenches eight inches la depth and filling tbem with l ime, which s h o w s up d e a r and white against the green of tae hillside

The Brute. "I would 1 were a mermaid." sang

the talkative girl witn tne raapy voice. And the rude man In tbe pink shirt

leaned over and bawled: "Forget It s i s ter ' ir you wt

mermaid you couldn't k e o p y o u r , closed long enough to k e e o # tt

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d r u d g e r y a f t e r a l l .

T h e n as each succeeding sack labeled "Crescent pro-duces the same qual i ty of goodness you acquire a confidence in yourself that places you above fai lures.

You know then before a batch of bread, a cake or a pie goes into the oven that it will be g o o d - y o n know jus t w h a t the flavor will be and what the color and text me .

I t all goes to prove that good flour is an absolute necessity in your ki tchen.

C r e s c e n t p L O U R

F R O M n e i g h b o r s

Th® D o i n g * Of the Week Briefly T o l d by tb* B w U M l - L u d a r 1 ! of New* Gatherers ia T o w n s S u r r o u n d i n g Sp«

Staff

A. H. Saur & Co.'s Fall Announcement

KENT C I T Y . Geo . Hemsley w a s a v i s i tor in Grand

Mrs. W . W . P u t n e y vis i ted in Grand T h u r r f a y . Rapids , M o n d a y . ] " e t b < * h 8 1

_ _ _ . „ . , , church e v e r y n i g h t at <: 15. Rev . F . E. George was a G r a n d R a p i d s 1

"The Kind Everybody hike*. "

V O I G H T MILLING C O . . G R A N D R A P I D S , M I C H .

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F U R S Ot course there' l l be s leighing Thanksg iv ing .

Everybody will be out in snug , warm winter apparel. T h e woman or miss with the handsome set of Fu r s or F u r Coat will demand most attention. She'll be the one who not only looks fashionably dressed but she ' l l be the one who can look the fiercest snow storm or blizzard in the face and laugh at it.

To be d r e s s e d chill-proof you m u s t w e a r w h a t the nor th pole s e e k e r s w o r e — " F u r s . "

Our G u a r a n t e e W e stand back of

every Fu r Coat, Neck

Piece or Set we sell.

You run no chance in

purchas ing F u r s at Her-

polsheimer's.

Big Varie ty Nowhere in western

Michigan will you find a larger or more complete assortment of Fu r s to choose from than here. Prices the lowest for h igh grade quality.

Bargains in Thanksg iv ing T a b l e L i n e n s , C h i n a a n d Porce la in D inne rware , Women ' s Winte r Coats, Su i t s , S k i r t s , Mil l inery , Eic .

THE REASON WHY

T h a n k s g i v i n g v a c a t i o n .

Dr. Greiner vis i ted s e v e r a l depart-ments of tbe school this week.

j P u p i l s are all e n j o y i n g a s h o r t v t -| ca t ion after a l o n g term of s tudy .

I T e e t h grader* have- finished the s tudy of tbe play of J u l i u s Ca**ar.

Miss Els ie Heath, a pupi l of the Freeport schools , w a s a v i s i t o r at

j s choo l las t Tuesday . In a recent test In s o l i d geometry ,

nine ou t of a c l a s s o f acrenteen re-ce ived a s tanding of 100 per cent.

T h e Jun iors kept up t h e i r record of u v j m w n u ' t auu »»iuuu»uuc i » e i a g a i n and enjoyed a half h o l i d a y .

Mrs. B a i y e a t and M i s s Kuna Brura-b a u e b , formerly teacher of mus ic and

| drawing at Zeeland, v i s i t ed school | l a s t Fr iday .

The educat ional in teres t s around S p a r t a will not al l be le f t to tbe women, a s the h igh s c h o o l now en-r o l l s 44 boys and 41 g i r l s .

T b e hour for the h igh s c h o o l mus ic I h a s been changed t o the first period

in tbe morning and h e r e a f t e r morn ing i exerc i s e s will be c o n d u c t e d o n Mon-| day morning.

The twelfth g r a d e E n g l i s h l iterature i o lasc h a v e conc luded the study of

Macbeth. On T u e s d a y s i x members 1 of the c lass debated tbe subject.

" T h a t Lady Macbeth was more to I b lame 'or the d e t e r i o r a t i o n of Mac-

beth than was Macbeth h i m s e l f . " G e o r g e Brace, IIah R o b e r t s and F l o y d Lambertson defended the affirmative, and D e l i a Lockwood, Lucie Mills , and J u s t i n S p a n g e n b e r g tbe negat ive . Tne j u d g e s decided in

i f a v o r of tbe af i lmative. k in ' d rkc ; a k t e n a "td f i r s t g r a d e Percentage of a t t e n d a n c e in ihe kin-

dergarten r a s Ml s n d in the flr»t grade, 96. ( A sp lend id report for lit-tle f o l k s . )

Carl Lundquis t h a s entered the kin-dergarten and b a s beef l t e l l ing us m a n y interest ing t h i n g s about h i s former home in Cuba.

Twenty-f ive of the p u p i l s in this de-partment were ne i ther a b s e n t nor tardy during N o v e m b e r .

Lawrence B u s h h a s entered the first grade.

A m e l i a K o e h l e r , teacher. SECOND A N D T H I R D G H A D E S

Number enrol led, 38. Percentage of a t t endance , 96. T h e pupi ls are g l a d t o h a v e Myron

Sut ton back in s choo l a g a i n , after an absence of seven weeks o n account of s ickness .

w a s vis i tor T h u r s d a y .

W a l t e r Brora an wa* a G r a n d R a p -ids v i s i tor S a t u r d a y .

C. S. P a r k s was in N e w a y g o on bus-iness W e d n e s d a y las t .

Frank T a y l o r , of S p a r t a , was a v is -i tor in town th i s week.

Mrs. J a b i s C o l l i n s was a Grand R a p i d s v i s i t o r S a t u r d a y .

Mrs. S . F . W i l l i a m s was a G r a n d Rapids v i s i t o r S a t u r d a y .

W i l l Andri ' s w a s a b u s i n e s s c a l l e r in Grand R a p i d s , F r i d a y .

P a y Br ink , of Fremont , spent Sun-day with M i s s E l o i s e Scot t .

W . W. Putney w a s in Brunswick on buniness a part of l a s t week.

Geo . B o w b a l l was a Otant f R a p i d s v i s i tor a few d a y s l a s t week.

Mrs. W m . Hy ler and H a l l i e tpent | W e d n e s d a y in G r a n d R a p i d s .

Hugh B e r r y , of S p a r t a , v is i ted friends in town l a s t W e d n e s d a y .

Mrs. G e o . Barre t t i s s l owly improv-ing arter an i l lne s s of five weeks.

Mr. and Mrs. G e o . McKelvey were Grand R a p i d s v i s i t o r s T h u r s d a y .

Fred Mart in , of C a s n o v i a , was a bus iness c a l l e r In town T h u r s d a y .

Lowel l J o h n s o n , of S p c i t a , v is i ted h i s cous in , H a r o l d S a u r , S u n d a y .

Cnas. Lundquis t , of S p a r t a , v i s i ted K e n t C H y fr iends S a t u r d a y e v e n i n g .

Mrs. W a l t e r B r o m a n spent T u e s d a y with her s i s ter , Mrs. C h a s . Rice , Snar ta .

George , the p a s t o r , i s assisted by E v a n g e l i s t B . 8 . S h a w , of Grand Rapids . E v e r y o n e i s invited t o at-tend.

Near ly al l the deer hunters from th i s place h a v e returned from the north and five deer a r e the results of their ef forts . T h e y were s h o t by Len Par-ish, G e n e S o l e s , C h a r l i e Par i sh , Chas . Spencer and W i l b u r Nob le .

T h e L a d i e s ' A i d soc ie ty wish t o an-nounce tba t at r e a s o n a b l e prices tbey will d o p la in sewing , tie comfor tab les , j qui l t o r sew c a r p e t r a g s . Tbey meet! every W e d n e s d a y . F o r part icu lars j see o r ca l l o n tbe president, Mrs. f u l i a Holmes . P h o n e 346—4.

Mrs. A l f red B w e n s o n enterta ined 20 of ber lady f r i ends las t Fr iday after-noon at her p l e a s a n t home south and west of town in bot ior of her daughter s return f r o m S w e d e n . \ four course dinner was served in Swedish s ty le . Al l went home f ee l iug tnat they had had a m o s t de l i gh t fu l time.

W . R. R o a c h & Co. remembered the bus ines s men very subs tant ia l ly at the c l o s e of the s e a s o n by present ing them with s a m p l e s of their fine pro-1 ducts, c o n s i s t i n g o f fruit and vegeta-bles, for which they are very grateful . T h i s c o m p a n y puts ou t some of tbe | finest c a n n e d g o o d s o n the market. 1

The th ird number of the lecture course was g i v e n at the M. K. church, Fr iday e v e n i n g . A l though Herbert Leon Cope , humor i s t , was unable to

o f j b e present, the subst i tute , Mr. Hews-I ton. i t * fu l lv apprec iated . A g o o d

OU R Special Cloth ing Sale of tlie last two weeks has demonstrated tc the JRlWic thst there is no fu r the r need of going away from

home to buy your clothing. W e are now well equipped to meet the needs of those demanding a bet ter grade of goods. For the next two weeks— in addition to the few remain ing one-half off suits — w e will make a s t ra ight one-fourth off cut in our entire stock of Men's , Boys' and Youths ' Suits and Overcoats. T h a t means a

$22.oo Sui t for 16.00 44

12.00 " 10.00 " 15.00 Overcoat for 10.00 " 8.00 "

and so on down.

We claim the best assortment of Underwear, Hosiery. Sweaters and other knit goods, Rubber Goods, Shoes and Not ions in nor thern Kent county.

£ 1 0 . 5 0

12.00

A. H. Saur & Co Kent Ci ty - Mich.

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of Cod Liver Oil and Tonic Iron, without oil or grease, tastes good, and agrees with every one.

W e return your m o n e y without quest ion if Vinol doe* not accompl i sh all w e claim for it.

ALLEN B. WAY, Drugfcist, Sparta.

EXCURSIONS VIA T U B

P E R E M A R Q U E T T E

State Grange Meeting Traverse City,

T h e Pere Marquette will m a k e excursion rates one and one-half fare the round tr ip. O n sale Dec. 13 to 16: re turn limit Dec. 18. Fu l l particu-la r s of agents.

H . F . M O E L L E R , G . P . A .

4 7 - 4 8

Special Notice. T o the patrons of Electric L i g h t C o . :

If you had a meter on y o u r l ines , would you run your l a m p s in the morning till n o o n ?

W o u l d you turn every l a m p In the h o u s e on aod l eave i t burning , base-ment and chamber included?

If you had o i l lamps, wou ld y o u h a v e one l i t in every room In the b o u s e just f or convenience?

Of course y o u wouldn't , y o u ' d s a v e al l you poas ib ly could .

Oar contract doesn' t say , " U e e al l t h e l ights in the house because t h e y ' r e tbere ." W e want you to use a l l y o u need, and that ' s al l you pay for .

Now be decent aod r e a s o n a b l e a b o u t it, treat un s-. v o u like t o be treated. W e don't w t V to put i o meters Tungsten l a a p A w i i l great ly Improve I y o u r l ighting 4 t 0 0 extra c h a r g e gc> y o a . Think it d .er .

40-2 S i ' l . .TA ELaCTKM

S e c o n d and third g r a d e r s joined with tbe fourth and fifth g r a d e pupi l s and g a v e a l ittle p a r t y W e d n e s d a y afternoon A d a H a l p i n . teacher.

FOURTH A N D F I F T H G R A D E S Number eurol led , 31. Percentage of a t t endance , 85.

Only nineteen in t b i s room h a v e been present every d a y and there was one case of tardiness .

The pupi l s had a T h a n k s g i v i n g party Wednesday a f t e r n o o n .

Bertha W a l c o t t , Teacher .

SIXTH G R A D E Number enrol led , 31. Percentage 01 a t tendance , 96.

Tbe number of p u p i l s in tbis g r a d e i s increas ing .

There are twelve b o y s in the s i x t h g r a d e manual t r a i n i n g c l a s s . T h e y h a v e been making s o m e at tract ive l o o k i n g tb.-ead and n e e d l e boards .

Rev . Duffey g a v e a T h a n k s g i v i n g ta lk to the s ix th g r a d e r s W e d n e s d a y af ternoon. Lena R e x f o r d , Teacher.

S E V E N T H G R A D E Enrollment, 23.

Percentage of a t tendance , 94.

Grace Hay net h a s been promoted from the s ixth to the s e v e n t h grade.

T h e pupi l s are m a k i n g and i l lus-trat ing a short h i s t o r y of the thirteen co lon ie s .

ma en I

S o m e very g o o d m a p work in c o l o r s i y be t»*er> on the w a l l a ith grade room.

of the sev-

Mabel Smitxor , Teacher EiOTH ( . B A D E

Number enro l led , 28. Percentage of a t t endance , 98. T b e eighth g r a d e h a s the beat

ord of attendance f o r the month of any c lass .

A c l a s s in c i v i c s h a s been organ-ised for those w h o w i s h t o take the e ighth grade e x a m i n a t i o n in the spr ing . Tbe c l a s s meets o o c e a week after school .

One morning e a c h week i s spent d i s cuss ing current topSca, each pupil c o o t n outing s o m e i f e i of n » n u a » ! •«-

. t h e be m n o u a l t ra in ing are d o i n g s o m e g o o d work mak-

reets aod u m b r e l l a s tands . Marie W i c k m a o , Te^eber .

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J . A. C a r l s o n remembered h i s mai l carrier, Mr. Minnich, with a crate of fine corn.

Mrs. C n a s . Ciuto a u a s i r s . V m u w Green were G r a n d R a p i d s v i s i t o r s Tuesd ay .

Gorara A n d e r s o n , of Spar ta , vis i ted J i i s daughter , Mrs. A . E. Roberts , S a t u r d a y .

Mrs. E. E. Aus t ia and chi ldren vis-ited r e l a t i v e s and fr i ends in Spar ta . S a t u r d a y :

Mrs. W m . M a u g b g e r and baby left T u e s d a y f or a v i s i t with her parents iu W i s c o n s i n .

Mrs. S . F. W i l l i a m s vis i ted her daughter , Mrs. B . N . Keister. of Spar ta , F r i d a y .

Miss L i l l i a n B r o m a n vis i ted o v e r S u n d a y with r e l a t i v e s and fr iends lo Grand R a p i d s .

Miss P a u l i n e R o l l s t o n of C a s n o v i a , vis i ted her aunt, Mrs. W i l l i s Church, l a s t W e d n e s d a y .

Mrs. J . T . Perbara, N o n a and G l a d y s and Miss N i t a P a r k s spent S a t u r d a y in Grand R a p i d s .

Mrs. Z a f t and ch i ldren , of Traverse City, v i s i ted ber s ister , Mrs. P. E. George , l a s t week.

Mrs. K a t e H u d s o n , of Grand R a p -ids, v i s i ted her mother, Mrs. Etta R a y m o n d . S u n d a y .

Mrs. G . K. P l a y t e r v is i ted her daughter , Mrs. S t a n t o n Chase, of Grand R a p i d s , l a s t week.

H o w a r d G r e g o r y , of Spar ta , i s working in the bank this week dur ing the absence of M a r i o n Moore.

W . R . R o a c h & Co . finished can-ning a p p l e s at tbe factory F r i d a y . T h i s c o m p l e t e s the c a n n i n g s e a s o n .

M i s s V e r a W h i t n e y and her s ister , Mrs. R o y R o l l s t o n , of C a s n o v i a , vis-ited fr i ends in G r a n d R a p i d s las t week.

The W . C. T . U . will meet a . the home of M i s s G r a c e Brott , T u e s d a y evening , N o v . 30th. Al l are c o r d i a l l y Invited.

Mr. and Mrs. Clark , of Storm Lake, Iowa, s p e n t the pas t few weeks with their niece , Mrs. J . S . Bowen, and husband .

Chas . R a y m o n d returned home last W e d n e s d a y from Brunswick, where he b a s been m a k i n g barre ls for W. W . Putney .

Mrs. Fred D a n c e r h a s res igned her pos i t ion in Mrs. S i d e ' s mi l l inery store, which she h a s beld for the past three y e a r s .

Mis s Ida J o h n s o n and gentleman friend, o f Grand R a p i d s , v is i ted with ber parents , Mr. and Mrs. Gust John-son, o v e r S u n d a y .

Mrs. C b a s . B o w hal l and B l a n c h e ca l led o n Mrs. Fred H a s t i n g s at tbe home of her mother , Mrs. Herod, of C a s n o v i a , T h u r s d a y evening .

L a d y M a c c a b e e s of T y r o n e Hive y o u are requested t o be at the hal l o n Sat-urday, Dec . 11, a t 2:30 p. m., without fai l . B u s i n e s s and e lect ion of officers.

Mis s E l l a Ostrum returned to her home in C h i c a g o , T h u r s d a y , after an extended v i s i t with ber brother, Ed, wife and o ther r e l a t i v e s and fr iends bere.

The lady e m p l o y e * at the c a n n i n g factory g a v e a supper last Thursday e v e n i n g at the b o a r d i n g h o u s e t o com-memorate the c l o s i n g of the c a n n i n g s eason . A b o u t AO were present.

A t a m e e t i n g of the Lad ies ' A id so-ciety the f o l l o w i n g officers were elected for the e n s u i n g year : Pres ident , Mrs. J u l i a H o l m e s ; v ice-pres ident , Mrs. B e s s i e R u s o o e ; ^secretary. Mrs. Ethel Emmory; a s s i s t a n t secretary , Mrs. R o s e F o o g e r ; treasurer , Mrs. Edith P c r t z - r ; A m M m , Mrs. Minnie George . Next meet ing at tbe home of Mrs. Per-bam, W e d n e s d a y , Dec . 1. W o r k will be t y i n g c o m f o r t a b l e s . Everyone in-vited.

at tendance w a s reported. Watch f<* the date of the fourth and last number of the c o u r s e .

I Hnn' i . v Mnt' •*' Ful-

ler ' s 7th b i r thday anniversary , »nd she ce lebrated it S a t u r d a y a f ternoon by en ter ta in ing 10 of ber little gir l friends. L i g h t re'reshments were served. T h o s e present were: Lanie Rice, A l b e r t a McKelvey . V e r n e An-derson, R e a P u t n e y , Audrey Fonger , Ruth G e o i g e , L u c i l e Kllnt, M a r i a n 1 Shor t s . M a r j o r l e S p r a g u e aud Ruby I Holben.

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It i sn' t s o diltlcult to strengthen a weak S t o m a c h if one g o e s at it cor-rect ly . A n d this i s true of the Heart and Kidneys . T h e o ld fashioned way of d o s i n g the S t o m a c h or s t imulat ing the Heart o r K i d n e y s is surely wrong! Dr. S h o o p first pointed out this error. " G o t o the weak o r a i l ing nerves of these o r g a n s , " s a i d be. Each inside o r g a n h a s i t s c o n t r o l l i n g or " ins ide n e r v e . " W h e n these nerves fai l then those o r g a n s mus t surely falter. T h i s vital truth i s l eading d r u g g i s t s everyw?"ere t o d i spense and recom-menu Dr. S h o o p ' s Restorat ive . A few d a y s ' t e s t wil l surely tell! S o l d by all dea lers .

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Peter I l u i c b c h a s purcbsscd a r ' * " ~ of A lber t P l a t t a .

G e o r g e A l b e r t s has bui l t an addi-t i o n t o h i s b o u s e .

Mr. and Mrs. P. Ruse he enter-tained v i s i t o r s S u n d a y .

Mr. and Mrs. F . Klenk vis i ted with J . V o g e l and wife Sunday .

G r o v e r B a u m h o f f spent S u n d a y with R a e n h a r t Roth , i n , W a l k e r .

M i s s e s Je t t i e and Bel le R a m s d l l l ca l l ed o u Mrs. Baumhoff F r i d a y .

Mis s L o u i s e Schindlpr spent las t week with her s i s ter , Mrs. J. Alberts , i

Terry H i l l s was in Grand R a p i d s , c a l l i n g o n Mrs. Mary Cooper, who i s s ick.

Mrs. G u y W h e e l e r is in the V a l l e y City a t t end ing her sister, who is very s ick .

Mrs. R o s e V o g e l entertained her s is ter and f a m i l y , of Lisbon, o v e r ; S u n d a y .

T h e party g i v e n by Miss B e r t h a ; A lber t s was much enjoyed by the j gues t s . D a n c i n g and card p l a y i n g were the amusements and all went home f ee l ing t h a t they had had an e x t r a g o o d time.

The m a r r i a g e of Miss Lena P l a t t a and Fred Pi tch w a s solemnized Wed-n e s d a y m o r n i n g in tbe Catho l i c church. T h e wedding breakfas t then served , after which the

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W e give the M o t h e r ' s Oats Fireless Cooker away f ree to users of M o t h e r ' s Cereals—the best made of all foods. T h e y are :

Mother 's OaU (regular and family siaes) Mother". Coa r t a Hominy M o t h e r . Corn Meal white or yel low) Mother's Old Fashioned S t e e l C u t Mother". Whea t H e a r t , ( the c r eam of Oatmeal , _ .

the wbeat I Mother a O l d F a s h i o n e d G r a h a m Mother ' . Hominy Grits Flour Mother 's C o r n Flakes ( toasted)

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Buy a Lot in Atkinson's Addition to Sparta W e have recently bought

the Old Ball Ground and platted it and now offer the lots for sale. T h e location is the best of any vacant prop^ er ty inside the Vi l lage l imits .

These lots are but one and one-half squares f rom the B?nk, Johnson ' - s tore and

Lfc f u l l e r . 1DB iSUies w m (>•«» fcueir 1 i , . . C h r i s t m a s b o x e s at Mrs. Fu l l er ' s and The N o r t h s i d e - M u r r a > * store—the actual a n y o n e w i s h i n g to help fill up the _ _ _ _ _ _ businCSS center of t h e Vlll-b o x e s m a y contr ibute any art ic le of i Q J ^ O C E R Y . e . age. T h e y are also w i t h i n

easy reach of both factories. T h e y are located r i g h t for the man whose business is up town and right £or t he man

;e work is in the factory, big sewer will be run

T i c k l i n g , t ight C o u g h s c a n be sure-ly and quickly loosened with a pre-scr ipt ion Drugg i s t s are d i s p e n s i n g e v e r y w h e r e as Dr. S h o o p ' s C o u g h R e m e d y . And it Is so very, very di f -ferent t h a n common c o u g h medic ines . N o Opium, no Chloroform, a b s o l u t e l y n o t h i n g harsh or unsafe. T h e tender l e a v e s of a harmless , l u n g h e a l i n g m o u n t a i n o u s shrub, g i v e s the cura-

guests ! l i v e propert ies to Dr. S h o o p ' s C o u g h

.rH.ed.od,,™ J " . " r > T I. j J S S J S order. V* e wish- them a l o n g and c O U g h S D d u> sooth and heal the m o s t h a p p y j o u r n e y through life. | s e n s i t i v e bronchial membrane. Moth-

^ "• riK- MJr°° «°<£ soc ie ty met with Mr*. A. S a u r Tburs- w l t h p^ffaea freedom be g i v e n t o even day and a l a r g e number was preaent. , the y o u n g e s t babes. T e s t i t yourse l f N e x t meet ing wi l l be beld wilh Mrs. I and see! So ld b y all dea l er s . L. Ful ler .

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c l o t h i n g tbey wish . L a s t W e d n e s d a y Mr. S t o u t d r o v e |

o v e r t o G. S t e f f e n ' s mill and lef t h i s j team a moment , and tbey being oold : started borne o n a run. Severa l tried to s t o p tbem at Hi l l ' s corners but tbey I

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W o u l d respectful ly so l i c i t a s h a r e of y o u r patronage . C o m p a r e o u r price* with other* and we feel s u r e of o u r share of y o u r trade. R e - . 0

member we handle L i ly W h i t e and wfcose work is in the W h i t e Li ly Flour . ^ ^ ic sewer will kept o n g o i n g s tra ight for

Tbey c r o s s e d tbe c a r track just ahead j I . v . , r . of the n o r t h b o u n d train, and at Chas. ! j ̂ « n ^ t i r e l e n g t h o f t h e p l a t Crupps- tbey were stopped. Every- , H E R E A R E S O M E P R I C E S w h i c h W i l l b e d e e p e n o u g h t o th ing w a s r i g h t s ide np and no barm 3 8 B C k s T a b l e S a l t 2 8 c g i v e g o o d d r a i n a g e f o r C e l i a r 8 done, which w a s fortunate for Mr. j 3 pkg*. Mother's O a t a 2 8 c Stout . | 3-1 be. G o 6 d Prunes 28c

a i k a M H m m f m S k r M L . R e g u l a r 50c Tea, per pound 40c

horrif ied b i s grandmother, Mrs. -Mar ia T a y l o r , of Nebo, Ky. , who wri»e*_that. when al l thought he would , PROMPT DELIVERY. die, B u c k l e n ' s A r n i c a S a l v e who l ly cured him. Infa l l ib le for Burns, S c a l d s , C u t i , Cora;., W o u n d s , Bru i se s ; cure* Fever Sore*. Boi l* . S k i n Erupt ions . Chi lb la ins . Chapped Hands . S o o n r o o t s P i l es . 25c at A. B. W a y ' * d r u g store aod B o l e n d e r ' s P h a r m a c y . *

and also good surface drain-age. Good wide s t reets give easy access to all lots. T h e most desirable lots will soon sell and those con templa t ing buying should not de!ay if they want a desirable lot.

F. A. Taylor Phone 108. SPARTA I g D W. ^ATKINSON

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